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ETA News Release: [04/07/2004] Contact Name: Ed
Frank Phone Number: (202) 693-4658
Labor Department Announces $6.5 Million in Available
Grants
Faith- and
Community-Based Organizations and Local Workforce Investment Boards Are
Eligible
WASHINGTONThe Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
and the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives announced two new
grant opportunities to support and strengthen the unique work of grassroots
organizations that assist hard-to-serve populations.
Small, faith-based and community organizations will be eligible for $1
million, while an additional $5.5 million will be available for local Workforce
Investment Boards (WIBs) that partner with these grassroots organizations.
We hope that small faith-based and community organizations and
workforce investment boards will take advantage of this new opportunity to help
their neighbors enter, succeed and thrive in the workforce, said Brent
Orrell, director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
The grant opportunities announced today represent the culmination of two
years of grant and pilot programs. Weve taken what weve learned and
applied that knowledge to this third round of grants for grassroots
organizations and new grants for WIBs.
These grants of $6.5 million will foster partnerships that connect
hard-to-serve populations, including welfare recipients, high school dropouts
and returning ex-offenders, with the many employment and training resources
available through local One-Stop Career Centers, said Emily Stover
DeRocco, assistant secretary of labor for employment and training.
Working together, workforce investment boards and neighborhood
organizations can reach into local communities to unemployed and underemployed
workers who might otherwise fall through the cracks.
Complete details, application instructions, funding ranges, and
evaluation criteria for each competition, may be found in the April 6
Federal Register. The application
deadline for Workforce Investment Boards is May 6; the application deadline for
grassroots organizations is May 7. Questions and Answers regarding
these competitions will be posted at
www.doleta.gov/usworkforce
between April 7 and May 5.
The Employment and Training Administration and the Center for
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives are part of the U.S. Department of
Labor.
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